This Listing Is Going Viral Not Because It’s A Bargain, But Because It Has Something Very Rare – Honesty
Katie Perkins has had enough of her caravan. Recently, the woman listed her 27-year-old monstrosity, begging people to ‘get this hunk of junk off my f***ing land.’
Perkins uploaded the ad for the caravan – which is currently sitting in Glastonbury, England – last week with the price of £100,000 ($132,795).
In all caps, she wrote a hilariously honest description of the darn thing, too. Perkins explained that her family had been living in it while they were building their ‘dream home’, but admitted that it wasn’t a very comfortable experience.
Image credits: Katie Perkins
Image credits: Katie Perkins
The seller also attached these photos to complete the big picture
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It’s 32 feet by 10 feet, 2 bed static
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“I’d love to say it’s f***ing beautiful, but I’d be lying”
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“I’d love to say I loved living in it, but I’d be lying”
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“I’d love to say I’d look forward to a caravan holiday, but guess what…? I’d be lying”
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The caravan comes with a few “extras”, including a couple of old shoes in the wardrobe, abstract art “courtesy of the children” and old bottles of booze under the sink
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“Pretty sure there’s even a slow cooker that was only used once?”
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The woman said the caravan has a “s*** oven”, a “s*** hob” and a “s*** fridge”, but does boast a “pretty decent microwave, albeit a cheap Morrisons one”
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She added that the best have been “destroyed” but she couldn’t be bothered to remove them
Image credits: Katie Perkins
Here’s what people have been saying about the caravan and its ad
I can't wait for someone to buy this caravan and renovate it, then post it in boredpanda with beautiful result.
I wish it could be me. I think it has genuine possibilities of adorableness
Farid Adiyanto like
My parents did the same thing when they were building a house...and it was just as miserable as this. I know some twits are going to be here saying they'd "refurbish" it - don't waste your time. It's literally an aluminum box. You'd be better off furbishing a shipping container.
£100000 for a potential meth lab? bonkers
Gogubaci love
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Meth lab = US
Funny listing, but just out of pride, I would have cleaned up the trash and litter on the floor before taking photos.
My dad got the bright idea to refurb one of these. Twenty-eight years later, it was four sheets of tin attached by mildew, decayed linoleum, and the roof collapsed in winter. Strip it for recyclable bits, with Hazmat gear for the mold. That's what we did when my dad died and we could finally get rid of the bloody thing without hearing, "But I'll get to it."
Is nobody grasping that the 100 pound "asking price" is in jest?
Get these here in the states less trashed out for the cost of hauling it away.
I hope it isn't. I don't have enough room in my budget to go any higher.
This advertisement is eerily similar to my LinkedIn profile
In some parts of the US, this would be a castle!
Naw. I pick these up for the cost of hauling and then I scrap it out and sell the bed as a flatbed trailer.
She needs to take a zero off that asking price. She wouldn’t ever get that much for that trash. It’s disgusting
She isn't asking that if you read it...a couple of boxes of wine would do... she doesn't expect a lot...
Debbie haha
I don't think you really read the whole thing. She's exchanging it for 2 bottles of wine )))
Exactly- new ones cost half that price or less. I thought maybe she mistyped that price...
Does it come with a lifetime supply of pregnancy tests, or does s*x instantly happen in there no matter what I'm confused about the name.
I think it's a reference to them being a family of four when they moved in and have now grown to a family of seven :O
Kinda irresponsible, no?
Wow, imagine the shittiness of the person who has to comment about her language and drinking. Calm down, karen.
''pretty decent microwave'' lol
I lived in one just like this for 3 years while renovating my house in Ireland. I can confirm that they're very cold in winter - I spent many an evening hugging an electric radiator with a sleeping bag draped over me. Once I'd finished with it I repurposed it to a growing room for my medicinal plants!
She's tripping if she thinks she's going to get 100 grand for that. She'll be lucky to get 10 grand.
I have a 12'x65'. I paid 1200.00 u.s.
Even 10K, really?!?!?! Like I be saying, I get these for free, just have to haul it off here in the states. Strip it down for scrap and burn the rest and then sell the base as a flatbed trailer.
It could be a nice shelter for homeless people, though. Still much better than sleeping on the streets.
omg it's got mold in it, no way
You like dags?
No one in their right mind would spend 100 grand on a new mobile home of that level. Why would anyone spend it on that sad piece of junk?
I love in some thing similar. My kitchen is half the size..or less. It fucking sucks but it's a damn roof. Shes not at all greatful I see.
I'd recycle the metal. At 30 cents a pound for aluminum it would get her a pretty penny, and get it off her property.
Well if im being honest its f*cking disgusting and a horrible mess.
A 133K usd for that?!?! I can pick these up for free here in the states, just haul it away. And what is up with all the Fing this and Fing that?? And if that was the master bed and y'all tore it up making babies on that, then I say you all got other issues going on I do not want to be knowledged about. I guess living on an island nation produces some bonkers inbreed, eh?
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All caps, just swearing? This is not brutally honest, it is inconsiderate.
You've just made it onto the shortlist for future BP staff. :D
That's how bad this place is, so bad only swearing could do the job.
Hans does have a point. But then most alcoholics and drug addicts have the naughty pooty mouth. Would trade for a couple of cases of wine? That is kind of telling right there.
She just insulted a huge number of Americans. Better this then a tent. Here in the states, the hardest jobs pay the least. Of be happy to have this. I've lived in far worse. Her asking price tho!? Shes on meth!
I can't wait for someone to buy this caravan and renovate it, then post it in boredpanda with beautiful result.
I wish it could be me. I think it has genuine possibilities of adorableness
Farid Adiyanto like
My parents did the same thing when they were building a house...and it was just as miserable as this. I know some twits are going to be here saying they'd "refurbish" it - don't waste your time. It's literally an aluminum box. You'd be better off furbishing a shipping container.
£100000 for a potential meth lab? bonkers
Gogubaci love
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Meth lab = US
Funny listing, but just out of pride, I would have cleaned up the trash and litter on the floor before taking photos.
My dad got the bright idea to refurb one of these. Twenty-eight years later, it was four sheets of tin attached by mildew, decayed linoleum, and the roof collapsed in winter. Strip it for recyclable bits, with Hazmat gear for the mold. That's what we did when my dad died and we could finally get rid of the bloody thing without hearing, "But I'll get to it."
Is nobody grasping that the 100 pound "asking price" is in jest?
Get these here in the states less trashed out for the cost of hauling it away.
I hope it isn't. I don't have enough room in my budget to go any higher.
This advertisement is eerily similar to my LinkedIn profile
In some parts of the US, this would be a castle!
Naw. I pick these up for the cost of hauling and then I scrap it out and sell the bed as a flatbed trailer.
She needs to take a zero off that asking price. She wouldn’t ever get that much for that trash. It’s disgusting
She isn't asking that if you read it...a couple of boxes of wine would do... she doesn't expect a lot...
Debbie haha
I don't think you really read the whole thing. She's exchanging it for 2 bottles of wine )))
Exactly- new ones cost half that price or less. I thought maybe she mistyped that price...
Does it come with a lifetime supply of pregnancy tests, or does s*x instantly happen in there no matter what I'm confused about the name.
I think it's a reference to them being a family of four when they moved in and have now grown to a family of seven :O
Kinda irresponsible, no?
Wow, imagine the shittiness of the person who has to comment about her language and drinking. Calm down, karen.
''pretty decent microwave'' lol
I lived in one just like this for 3 years while renovating my house in Ireland. I can confirm that they're very cold in winter - I spent many an evening hugging an electric radiator with a sleeping bag draped over me. Once I'd finished with it I repurposed it to a growing room for my medicinal plants!
She's tripping if she thinks she's going to get 100 grand for that. She'll be lucky to get 10 grand.
I have a 12'x65'. I paid 1200.00 u.s.
Even 10K, really?!?!?! Like I be saying, I get these for free, just have to haul it off here in the states. Strip it down for scrap and burn the rest and then sell the base as a flatbed trailer.
It could be a nice shelter for homeless people, though. Still much better than sleeping on the streets.
omg it's got mold in it, no way
You like dags?
No one in their right mind would spend 100 grand on a new mobile home of that level. Why would anyone spend it on that sad piece of junk?
I love in some thing similar. My kitchen is half the size..or less. It fucking sucks but it's a damn roof. Shes not at all greatful I see.
I'd recycle the metal. At 30 cents a pound for aluminum it would get her a pretty penny, and get it off her property.
Well if im being honest its f*cking disgusting and a horrible mess.
A 133K usd for that?!?! I can pick these up for free here in the states, just haul it away. And what is up with all the Fing this and Fing that?? And if that was the master bed and y'all tore it up making babies on that, then I say you all got other issues going on I do not want to be knowledged about. I guess living on an island nation produces some bonkers inbreed, eh?
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
All caps, just swearing? This is not brutally honest, it is inconsiderate.
You've just made it onto the shortlist for future BP staff. :D
That's how bad this place is, so bad only swearing could do the job.
Hans does have a point. But then most alcoholics and drug addicts have the naughty pooty mouth. Would trade for a couple of cases of wine? That is kind of telling right there.
She just insulted a huge number of Americans. Better this then a tent. Here in the states, the hardest jobs pay the least. Of be happy to have this. I've lived in far worse. Her asking price tho!? Shes on meth!